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So I made a lighthouse, a kind of short and stumpy one on tiny, rocky island located at the far eastern edge of the region. I see why there are so many of these in virtuality, as making one is really just pulling cylinders out of each other and tapping on them a little bit. Still, I like the glow effect from the light and such a structure seems kind of necessary in a waterworld like mine.

Tonight I moved North and started working on a new, yet-to-be-named island. I’m wanting this one to be kind of wind-swept and lonely, without much if any trace of human habitation. As I was working, I realized that the orientation of all the islands I’ve made so far is toward the East, and that there …

All of my fickle relationships with this blog aside, I’ve recently become totally consumed with Opensim and have carved out a little homestead (or two) in the wilds of the Hypergrid. I tried Opensim a few years back, and I have to say that it has come a LONG way. The setup still challenged my …